2025 Session
Last amended: 1973 session
§ 44.02 — Municipal Merit System, Establishment
Plain-Language Summary
Smaller Minnesota cities (second, third, or fourth class, and statutory cities) can create a merit-based hiring and employment system by passing an ordinance that is then approved by voters at an election.
44.02 MUNICIPAL MERIT SYSTEM, ESTABLISHMENT.
Any city of the second, third, or fourth class, however organized, or any statutory city may, by ordinance approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question of its approval at a general or special election, establish the merit system.
History:
1951 c 675 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
History: History: 1951 c 675 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
Practical Notes
The merit system must be approved by a majority of voters — the city council alone cannot establish it. This applies only to smaller cities; larger cities have their own civil service systems.